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6.01.2011

Jimmy Buffett gone Village People

After my thrifty finds shopping last month and finding the giant shower curtain, I had a vision in my head of some beach pants for my little man. The vision was something like this, minus the sexy factor.

My kid is a baby after all. Sexy would just be creepy. (Let's just take a moment and admire Kenny there... Ahhhh, ok, enough.) I was going for a baby version in the spirit of the above pants. Think Jimmy Buffett baby pants (JBBP? No?). Instead, I got something like a bad Village People costume.

I started with my shower curtain from Goodwill and a remnant of a Hawaiian print I got at Walmart.

Then, I took a pair of his pants that fit a little big and used those as a template.

I folded the pants and the shower curtain in half and aligned the bottom hem of the pants with the side of the shower curtain so I wouldn't have to hem : ) And align the side of the pants with the side fold of the shower curtain. Then I cut roughly along the pink dotted line. Remember to add lots of room to the top so you can fold over your elastic casing.

Then, I took the leg I just cut out, flipped it over and traced out another leg. You need two after all.

Now, you sew the crotch parts together. I stopped taking pictures at this point and crafted my disco-tastic pants sans camera. Here is a great tutorial on how to make kid pants if you want to give it a shot.

Here's what I learned while constructing these pants he will never wear again.

Don't use such bright bold fabric for the cuffs... looks a little too costume-ish.

Move the pockets up to where he could actually use them... if babies actually used pockets.

Leave more room in the rise! I made this mistake last time too. Doh. I thought I left enough room, but his booty is still quite cramped in there.

Go drawstring next time.

So, even though they came out way not like I wanted, I still got a good laugh.. and learned something. To quote my husband, "You're not going to make him wear those, are you?"